The Sharks beating the Kings in five games comes with a variety of benefits. For starters, I'm writing this post now and not consumed by anxiety ahead of what would have been game six tonight. Secondly, and probably more importantly, San Jose gets to rest up while Nashville and Anaheim beat the crap out of each other in what I hope will be a seven-game series.
Anaheim seemed the preferable opponent in round one (at least, in my opinion) but does that hold true for the second round? While the Ducks fell behind 0-2 to the Predators, they've rattled off three straight wins and look to absolutely be the better team.